INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY v. GIBNEY (1895)

INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY v. GIBNEY
	Term: 1895
Important Dates
	Argued: December 6, 1895
	Decided: December 16, 1895
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY v. GIBNEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1895. The case was argued before the court on December 6, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 160 U.S. 217
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Gray

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.